As the last Friday of August hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, two migrants allegedly torture, rape and bury alive two Swedish boys.
Form the CPH Post, according to a study by the Arla Foundation, girls are more diligent than boys in the kitchen.
From Deutsche Welle, a 41-year-old man is sentenced to psychiatric confinement for fatally shoving a boy in front of a train in Frankfurt, Germany last year.
From Polskie Radio, Polish President Andrzej Duda honors the trade union Solidarity, which defied communist-era authorities in 1980.
From ReMix, Twitter increases its censorship to two Polish-based accounts.
From Radio Prague, a Bohemian company will produce the drug Remdesivir, which has been used on some coronavirus patients.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia extends its "Red" list and other stories.
From the Hungary Journal, Hungary again closes its borders due to the coronavirus.
From Daily News Hungary, two thirds of the bars in Budapest's "party district" decide to stay closed from midnight to 6 a.m.
From Hungary Today, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony displays a flag in support of families and childbirth.
From About Hungary, more on Hungary closing its borders.
From Russia Today, Western media is out of date claiming that Russia media is mostly "state-run".
From Sputnik International, two Russian Su-27 fighter jets scramble to intercept a U.S. B-52H bomber over the Black Sea.
From The Moscow Times, Russian troops will take part in war games in Belarus.
From Novinite, Bulgaria gets a new leader for its National Service for Protection.
From The Sofia Globe, according to Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev, a future coronavirus will be distributed free of charge in Bulgaria.
From Radio Bulgaria, B-52s fly in a NATO mission over Bulgaria.
From Ekathimerini, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou calls Turkey's conversion of the former Chora Church in Istanbul an act of "symbolic violence".
From the Greek Reporter, a boat carrying 50 migrants is brought to the Greek island of Rhodes.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Albania is concerned but not worried about Greece extending its maritime sovereignty to 12 miles from land in the Ionian Sea.
From Balkan Insight, the Romanian government faces a no-confidence motion.
From Total Croatia News, the Holy Sunday feast in Ludbreg, Croatia prepares to host 100,000 pilgrims.
From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia's anti-corruption commission investigates Agriculture Minister Aleksandra Pivec.
From the Malta Independent, according to Malta's public health superintendent, the country's coronavirus measures are working.
From Malta Today, Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia and his rival Bernard Grech give a "quick-fire" interview.
From ANSA, the regional administrative court in Palermo, Italy suspends the closing of migrant centers on Sicily.
From SwissInfo, masks are required on Swiss trams but not in offices.
From The Portugal News, the airport in Faro, Portugal is "temporarily" overwhelmed by arriving passengers.
From El País, the Spanish Agency for Medicine and Health Products authorizes clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson and Johnson.
From France24, face masks are mandated in Paris except for people either under 11 years old or exercising.
From RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron plans another visit to Lebanon.
From Euractiv, France has suspended, but not abolished, the controversial practice of glue-trapping songbirds.
From VRT NWS, why isn't Belgium requiring primary school student to wear face masks, as Spain is?
From The Brussels Times, the Belgian commune of Flanders lifts is ban on hunting wolves. (If you read Flemish, read the story at Het Laatste Nieuws.)
From the NL Times, the Netherlands asks German labs to help with coronavirus testing.
From Dutch News, more than 1,400 shared bikes and 700 shared mopeds will hit the streets of Amsterdam.
From EuroNews, the street artist known as Banksy funds a boat that has been rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean.
From the Express, a former Brexit Party parliamentcritter confronts a Labour Party parliamentcritter over his obvious contempt for Brexit voters.
From the Evening Standard, coronavirus lockdowns are eased in parts of northern England.
From the (U.K.) Independent, a haulier from Northern Ireland pleads guilty to manslaughter in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in the back of a truck in Essex, England.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Tánaiste Leo Varadkar "can't put a date" on when pubs will be allowed to reopen.
From the Irish Examiner, in its latest coronavirus-related legislation, the Irish government pulls back from giving gardaí the power to raid "house parties" or indoor gatherings.
And from The Conservative Woman, defy the song censors and belt out Rule Britannia.
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